Emotionally Focused Couples Therapy: An Outcome Study*

In a within‐subjects design in which couples acted as their own controls, assessment was completed at four times: at the time of intial contact, after an eight‐week waiting period, after eight sessions of Emotionally Focused Marital Therapy, and at an eight‐week follow‐up. Couples reported no significant changes on measures of dyadic adjustment, intimacy, target complaint reduction and goal attainment after the waiting period, but significant changes were found after treatment.